Lubbock man charged after toddler sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries

Johnny Julian hererra

LUBBOCK — Police said a 16-month-old toddler was taken to the hospital in critical condition and the father is now in jail and charged with intentional injury.

After discovering the toddler had been receiving consistent abuse, police arrested Johnny Julian Hererra, 27, and booked him into the Lubbock County Detention Center early Monday morning.

According to the felony warrant, Emergency Medical Services was dispatched to the 4700 block of Albany Street around 10:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call about a child who had fallen and hit her head.

Medics found the toddler unresponsive.

EMS rushed the toddler to University Medical Center and found multiple bruises on her body, a bite mark on her left check and a substantial head injury after a CAT scan, the warrant said.

Doctors rushed the toddler to the operating room to perform a procedure to relieve pressure on her brain which was bleeding and swelling.

Sgt. Jonathan Stewart with LPD said Hererra’s daughter remained in the hospital with life-threatening injuries Tuesday.

Hererra remained in the Lubbock County jail Tuesday afternoon on a $500,000 bond.